New Asheville restaurants open on the outskirts

What it means for the food scene ... and the neighborhood

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Dec. 8, 2012

METROPOLE RESTAURANT: Monday, November 12, 2012: ENTERTAINMENT. A look at the dining area of the Metropole Restaurant inside of the 21c Museum Hotel, in downtown Cincinnati. The menu will change seasonally and will be determined by executive chef Michael Paley. The Enquirer/ Amanda Davidson

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Mackensy Lunsford

The city's vibrant restaurant scene is set to get a slate of new additions - most from familiar names but not necessarily in predictable places.

Asheville's River Arts District, the city's new frontier for redevelopment, will get at least two, and an area just south of the core downtown district will get another.

"Downtown, and even in West Asheville, there's not really a whole lot of places to open a new business now," said Elliot Moss, longtime chef of the Admiral in West Asheville. "That's one reason why we looked elsewhere." ...